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White Rock changes wording on parking signs

Update aimed at reducing confusion surrounding residential parking.
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Parking signs around White Rock will soon read 'Permit Parking Only'.

Parking signs on residential White Rock streets will look a little different in the coming weeks, after the city announced it will be changing the signs’ wording in an effort to clarify the rules surrounding neighbourhood street parking.

Signs that currently read ‘Resident Parking Only’ will be changed to read ‘Permit Parking Only,’ according to a city news bulletin released last week.

The change is meant to reduce confusion about who is allowed to park on certain residential streets that have the signage, city manager Dan Bottrill told Peace Arch News Tuesday.

“I think some of our residents were confused, they thought ‘If I’m a resident of White Rock, I can park wherever there’s a ‘resident parking only’ sign, but you actually do need a permit,” Bottrill said. “We’re just clarifying the rules for parking.”

Residents who live in certain city blocks are required to display a permit should they wish to park on the street. According to city staff, up to four ‘Permit Parking Only’ passes are available free of charge for residents who live in applicable areas.

The permits do not allow the same parking privileges as the Pay Parking Decals, which are available for purchase each year by full-time residents and allow free parking for up to four hours at pay parking areas such as the waterfront, Centennial Arena and meters near Peace Arch Hospital.

Bottrill said the city hopes the wording change will remind residents that they do need a permit to park on certain blocks.

“In the past we’ve had many residents who were ticketed for not displaying a pass,” he said.

Work to change the signs is underway; Bottrill said city crews are placing decals on the signs rather than replacing them outright.